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What is a Housing Element? One of the Seven State-Mandated Elements of the General Plan Plans for the Provision of Housing for a Variety of Income Levels Assesses Housing Needs at the Local Level Requires Review and Certification by the State

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Adequate Sites Requirements Sites must permit rental and owner-occupied multi-family residential units by-right Default density standard of a minimum 30 du/ac At least 50 percent of lower income need accommodated on sites exclusively for residential use Sites identified to meet the lower income housing need must have density and development standards that permit at least 16 units per site

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Considerations to Meet Adequate Sites Requirements Amend land use and development standards in the Downtown Core to permit by-right residential development with a minimum density standard of 30 du/ac  Approximately 9.4 acres of underutilized land with capacity for 281 units

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Considerations to Meet Adequate Sites Requirements In addition to Downtown Core, rezoning to  Permit by-right residential development with a minimum density standard of 30 du/ac on a minimum of 31.6 acres  A minimum of 14.4 acres of the rezoned land must permit exclusively residential use

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Considerations to Meet Adequate Sites Requirements Rezoning other Areas of the City  In the vicinity of the multi-modal transportation center;  At the perimeter of the downtown;  Contiguous with Focused Growth Areas; or  As a part of areas that have been designated for mixed-use development Overlay zone in the New Urbanism Interim District

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Zoning for Emergency Shelters (SB 2)

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SB 2 Requirements Identify a zone or zones where emergency shelters are permitted by-right, without a conditional use permit or other discretionary action Must have capacity to accommodate the identified homeless need and in any case accommodate at least one year-round shelter City can adopt objective development and management standards

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Next Steps City Council Study Session- June 23 rd Draft Housing Element will be submitted to HCD for compliance and review HCD reviews for compliance and provides City with letter of suggested revisions to comply with State law

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Next Steps City will address HCD comment letter and consider third party comments Upon satisfying statutory requirements, HCD will provide a letter of “substantial compliance” Planning Commission will recommend adoption of the Housing Element to City Council